logit(1)

📦 version 4.14, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💅 logit(1) — the General Commands Manual page, but make it cute

okay so bestie, welcome to logit — it lives in the General Commands Manual section of your man pages (that's the 1 in logit(1), iykyk) and it is literally just here to write your logs for you. no drama, no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

logit — write log

like… that's it. that's the job. write log. she's an icon, she's a legend, and she is not doing anything else. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

logit [OPTIONS] [MESSAGE]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the vibe: you hand her a MESSAGE, or you don't and she just reads from stdin instead (she's flexible like that 💅), and she writes it out — either to syslog, or to a file if you're running her with logrotate. that's the whole plot. no notes. 🍓

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • -h — this help text. she's telling you how to use her, bestie, listen up.
  • -p PRIO — the priority, and you can give it as a numeric value or as a facility.level pair. you do you. ✨
  • -t TAG — log using the tag you picked. defaults to your user name, so if you don't say anything she'll just assume it's you. main character behaviour fr fr.
  • -s — log to stderr as well as the system log. double the logs, double the fun, she said yes to both. 🔥
  • -f FILE — the file to write log messages to, instead of syslog. this is the "i'm doing my own thing" option. 🎀
  • -n SIZE — number of bytes before rotating. default: 200 kB. she's got a limit and she's sticking to it.
  • -r NUM — number of rotated files to keep. default: 5. hoard responsibly. 💖
  • -v — show program version. say hi, get a version number back.
ngl the rotation stuff (-n and -r) is the whole logrotate-flavoured side of her personality. respect it.

💜 AUTHOR 💜

logit is written by Claudio Matsuoka and Joachim Nilsson. absolute legends, both of them. 🫶

This manual page was written by Yangfl for the Debian Project (and may be used by others). slay, Yangfl, we appreciate you. 🌟

and that's the whole page, bestie — no more secrets, you've read the entire thing. this little beauty came to you courtesy of the General Commands Manual (so you know where to find her again: man 1 logit), and she signs off the exact same way she showed up: logit(1). go log something iconic. 💅✨🌸

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